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The Current powered by Kim Komando

The Apple Watch Series 4 can detect A-Fib and save your life

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Apple Watch was built with the intention of being a health and fitness gadget. Most wearable devices can take our pulse and measure our blood pressure. Apple took this to the next level when it introduced a new feature this year. In this episode of Komando on Demand, Kim takes a look at the new Apple Watch Series 4 and its new ability to take an ECG. But how reliable is it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

From commando.com, this is Commando on demand, where we talk to the industry movers and shakers to keep you up to date on everything digital.

0:09.0

We'll get started in a moment, but first, we'd like to recognize and thank our partners who help make these Commando on Demand Podcasts possible.

0:24.3

Wearable technology.

0:26.9

In this podcast, we're going to talk about the Apple Watch.

0:32.6

And I'll tell you, this story is just keep pouring in about the Apple Watch saving someone's life.

0:35.9

Adam Love can't live without his smartwatch.

0:38.1

After all, it saved his life. The story centers around Adam Love,'t live without his smart watch. After all, it saved his life.

0:45.5

The story centers around Adam Love, a 24-year-old from Australia. Okay, he didn't know there was any issue with his heart until his Apple Watch started notifying him. You see, the watch picked up

0:51.7

some abnormalities with his heart rate.

0:59.0

My Apple Watch started notifying me that I had an elevated heart rate when I was sleeping.

1:05.8

Adam's Apple Watch told him that his sleeping heart rate was averaging between 130 and 140 beats per minute. Now, for a reference, a healthy resting heart rate is around 70 beats per minute.

1:13.0

So that kind of freaked Adam out. He went to see a doctor, and it was confirmed he did

1:17.6

have a heart abnormality. Specifically, Adam had a hole in his heart, one that has been there

1:23.8

since his birth and was really dangerous. But they found more. His upper lung was also

1:29.7

pumping into the wrong atrium of his heart. So that the bud needlessly circulates around the lung

1:36.1

and doesn't get out to his body. As Adam's surgeon explained, the blood was needlessly circulating

1:41.9

around his lung, and it didn't reach the rest of his body.

1:44.8

Okay, thankfully, Adam had the issue corrected and was back home not long after the operation.

1:49.9

And you can bet a dollar.

1:51.5

Adam's never going to go without an Apple Watch ever again.

1:55.3

Adam's story is truly amazing.

1:57.2

Think of the technology, and he's not alone.

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